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Poetry Analysis Terms

Poetry Analysis Terms. J. King April 2009. Simile. A comparison using like or as. Ex: he is as mean as a junkyard dog. Ex: “…She would be as swift in motion as a ball…” Romeo and Juliet (2.5.13). Metaphor. A figure of speech in which one this is described in terms of another.

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Poetry Analysis Terms

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  1. Poetry Analysis Terms J. King April 2009

  2. Simile • A comparison using like or as. • Ex: he is as mean as a junkyard dog. • Ex: “…She would be as swift in motion as a ball…” Romeo and Juliet (2.5.13)

  3. Metaphor • A figure of speech in which one this is described in terms of another. • Ex: The river is a winding ribbon moving down the mountainside. • Ex: “…and Juliet is the sun.” Romeo and Juliet (2.2.3) • Ex: “…the mask of night is on my face.” Romeo and Juliet (2.2.85)

  4. Personification • The attribution of human qualities to inanimate objects • Ex: The arms of the rainbow stretched across the sky. • “The gray-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night…” Romeo and Juliet (2.3.1)

  5. Hyperbole • A figure of speech which contains an exaggeration for emphasis • Ex: She almost exploded with excitement • Ex: “There is no world without Verona walls...” Romeo and Juliet (3.3.17)

  6. Idiom • A form of expression, construction or phrase peculiar to a language and often possessing a meaning other than its grammatical or logical one • Ex: A Blessing In Disguise:Something good that isn't recognized at first • Ex: A Chip On Your Shoulder:Being upset for something that happened in the past.

  7. Onomatopoeia • The formation and use of words to imitate sounds. • Ex: The tinkling sound of the bells rang out. • Ex: The tires screeched when he hit the brakes. • Ex: “…Who, nothing hurt withal, hissed him in scorn.” Romeo and Juliet (1.1.113)

  8. Oxymoron • A figure of speech which combines incongruous and apparently contradictory words and meanings for special effect. • Ex: Dodge Ram • Ex: Jumbo Shrimp • Ex: “..O brawling love, O loving hate…” Romeo and Juliet (1.1.177)

  9. Symbol • An object, animate or inanimate, which represents or ‘stands for’ something else. • Ex: Dove=peace • Ex: Lion=strength or power • Ex: Rose=beauty

  10. Allusion • Usually an implicit reference, perhaps to another work of literature or art, to a person or an event, • Ex: “Christy didn’t like to spend money. She was no Scrooge, but she seldom purchased anything except the bare necessities.” (A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens) • Ex: “Like the prodigal son, he returned to his home town and was welcomed by all who knew him.” (The Bible, Luke 15:11-32)

  11. Rhyme • The repetition of accented vowel sounds and all sounds following them. • Ex: Choice/Voice • End Rhyme: Occurs when the rhyme is at the end of two lines of poetry. • Ex: “Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard.” • Internal Rhyme: occurs when the rhyme is within a single line of poetry • Ex: “Once upon a midnight dreary, while I wandered weak and weary.” • Slant Rhyme: means that he two words are alike in some sound but do not rhyme exactly. • Ex: It little hurts me now to know.

  12. Assonance • Consists of the repetition of similar vowel sounds, usually close together, to achieve a particular effect of euphony • “The Lotos blooms below the barren peak: The Lotos blows by every winding creek: All day the wind breaths low with mellower tone Thro’ every hollow cave and alley lone, Round and round the spicy downs the yellow Lotos-dust is blown. Lotos-Eaters by Tennyson

  13. Consonance • The close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowels. • Ex. Slip—Slop • Ex. Creak—Croak • Ex. Black—Block

  14. Alliteration • A figure of speech in which consonants , especially at the beginning of words, or stressed syllables, are repeated. • Ex. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. • Ex. “…Hunting thee hence with hunt’s up to the day.” Romeo and Juliet (3.5.34)

  15. Denotation • The most literal and limited meaning of a word, regardless of what one may feel about it or the suggestions and ideas it connotes. • Ex: Apartheid denotes a certain form of political, social, and racial regime. It connotes much more.

  16. Connotation • The suggestion or implication evoked by a word or phrase • Ex: “There is a cockroach.” • May inspire a shudder or distaste in one person , but a scientific inquiry, like “What is it?” in another person.

  17. Pun • A figure of speech which involves a play upon words. • Ex: “Ask for me tomorrow and you will find me a grave man.” spoken by Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet • The word grave is a pun because it means both_____ and ______.

  18. Theme • The central idea of a work. • Ex: Othello=Jealousy • Ex: Romeo andJuliet=Love, Death, Light/Darkness • Ex: TheOdyssey=Hospitality

  19. Tone/Mood • The reflection of a writer’s attitude (especially towards his readers), manner, mood and moral outlook in his work; even perhaps the way his personality pervades the work.

  20. Imagery • Occurs when language appeals to one or more of the five senses. • Ex: “How silver-sweet sound lovers’ tongues by night.” Romeo and Juliet This line appeals mostly to the sense of ___. • Ex: “O that I were a glove upon that hand that I might touch that cheek.” Romeo and Juliet This line appeals mostly to the sense of___.

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